{"id":1442940,"date":"2024-05-07T15:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1442940"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:17:41","slug":"32-literary-quotes-that-will-break-your-heart-but-only-if-youve-read-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/32-literary-quotes-that-will-break-your-heart-but-only-if-youve-read-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"32 Literary Quotes That Will Break Your Heart, But Only If You&#8217;ve Read the Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/heartbreakinglitquotes615212MAIN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1447519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/heartbreakinglitquotes615212MAIN.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/heartbreakinglitquotes615212MAIN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I talk a big game for someone who has cried in a not-zero number of public spaces. If I ever try to tell you I \u201chardly ever cry,\u201d just know that I am lying; I cry all the time. The reasons vary, and range in severity from \u201ca beloved family pet has died\u201d to \u201cI forgot to bring chapstick and I&#8217;m fairly certain, in this moment, that no human being has ever suffered more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, nothing gets me going quite like a really sad literary quote. There&#8217;s a terrible part of me that delights in all things heartbreaking, particularly when said thing doesn&#8217;t look heartbreaking on the surface. I love the idea that certain words in a certain order make zero sense to some people, but will bring others to emotional ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are just a few quotes that will surely make you weep as if a beloved family pet has died AND you forgot to bring chapstick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I talk a big game for someone who has cried in a not-zero number of public spaces. If I ever try to tell you I \u201chardly ever cry,\u201d just know that I am lying; I   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,32,18400,25017,24757],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442940"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442940"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447558,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442940\/revisions\/1447558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}